This sounds like a test. I'll give it a shot. My old SW radio is analog and I would dearly love a new digital. I think I know someone that has some for sale.
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Zitat von Pat This sounds like a test. I'll give it a shot. My old SW radio is analog and I would dearly love a new digital. I think I know someone that has some for sale.
Usualy the old analogue dial radios have a much stronger reception than the digital ones but they are not very precise when you try to find a frequency. Well you have to fiddle around ín the 49m band and when you catch some good pop and rock music its KBC. As far as I remember there were only a few religious station in spanish on the 49 mband (at the East coast) . So it won't be too difficult to sort out KBC if your radio can catch 6095 khz. - You have to try in the morning due to time differences. If it is not a portable radio plug in a long wire - best attached to a waterpipe or something like that
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I laid my Lidl Special radio on top of an extension lead coil, that used to work!
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Yes antennas are unpredictable - you simply have to use your phantasy to find out what could work best. But on SW you have the problem with electric household smog - so the best is to try first outside, a bit away from from all these smog sources - if you use a trany of course
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When I was in Bryngoleu (What I considered "Home") I used to use an old broken vhf TV aerial on my old valve radio with a rather surprising ammount of success.
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Its sad to see Eric depart from Big L especially after all the effort he has put into it including of course getting 1395 back for a year before Mike Read & Co came back on the scene in November 2010 & ruined it.
SW reception on 6095 is generally very good here but its not the same quality as listening via the internet. I see SW these days as a hobby it was good for land based pirate radio in the 80's & 90's but surely it has had its day as a medium for music? I really can't see the point in listening to crackles & fading when I can hear a station crystal clear on the internet or my mobile phone. Eric talks of DRM but thats little more than a dream no radios available or if they are they are very expensive. Even if they were available he would have to sell 1000's to make it commercially viable.
I wish Eric well but I would rather he remained a part of Big L.
David trust eric - his and a few others stations plan a come back of DRM. As the interest is rising very fast in Russia, India, China and Africa there is a good chance to get cheap radios also in Europe in the near future. And when SW has got a revival in those countries also Europe will follow. - You can't really compare i-net with DRM. i-net will be mainly stionairy ; DRM mobile.. re to BigL - maybe going seperate ways for a while isn't such a bad idea - old love doesn't get rusty anyway ...
DRM is dead there isn't going to be any comeback. I don't see where your "rises" in Russia, China & the third world is coming from have you any evidence? Where is the market for it in the UK or Central Europe. SW has been on the decline as an international broadcast medium for years. Mobile phones allow reception of good quality digital sound from the internet whilst on the move there are so few DAB car radios so how do you see an influx of DRM mobile receiver?
With the internet I just don't see any need or demand out there for SW these days. Lets face it if "normal" listeners won't listen to AM because of sound quality compared with DAB/FM these days there is little hope for commercial viablity on SW. DRM has been tested but hasn't worked sufficiently to attract major commercial interest. Eric is a one man crusade I just don't see it sorry. DAB & DAB+ has already been commercially accepted I don't see a commercial future for DRM. I would like to be proved wrong but it seems little more than a dream to me?
Zitat von alecsimply go thru SW bands and hear the typical DRM humming not having a DRM receiver ;-)
I get plenty of "hums" but whether its DRM or electrical/internet router related I have no idea. I still think its a dead loss whatever.
Sorry Alec but I lost my interest in SW as a hobby/dxer after I stopped getting involved with the land based SW pirate scene in the early 90's. I much prefer the quality of the internet my ears are too old nowadays to suffer whistles & crackles when I try to listen to music. I just can't rekindle the interest. As I said I wish Eric well but I have no personal interest at all. I'll stick with Big L, Caroline & 2NG etc that I can hear loud & clear.
I have been having lots of problems obtaining my second order of DRM radios from China-----they have my money [quite a lot] but due to strike and Chinese customs working to rule the order was last tracked on Friday at EMS shipping in Hong Kong awaiting clearence to DHL. But, hopefully when they arrive here, more people will be able to see that DRM has a future. I have enjoyed Eric's DRM broadcasts and the sound is so like AM that you can forget that you are listening to S/W radio. S/W DRM is the future of "Pirate Radio" and my feelings are---don't knock it until you try it. Eric has spent many years and much money in radio and I'm positive that he knows what he is doing. His DRM broadcasts [sound] reminds me of listening to the Northsea pirate live from the ships in the 60's------------not perfect but sounding like the old AM. Col.
Thats quite a list - I think the main problem will be to bring attractive stations on DRM-SW that make people buy DRM receivers. Up to now the majority seems to be mainly religious or political only transmissions what won't be that prickeling. The good thing is that DRM SW also works with low power on long distances (David, remember RNI had less than 10 KWs on 31m-band and covered Europe in analogue). So it is ideal for stations with a small purse. David - I fear you have to learn something new for your old ears in your old days in the nearer future Lets see what DRM receivers will cost...
£25 + P&P---------as soon as new order arrives-------DHL charges are ridiculous but I will keep prices low for members as promised. I just hope they get here before Christmas as my radio stock is low and got customers waiting because they make good prezzies.
Zitat von The Reaper£25 + P&P---------as soon as new order arrives-------DHL charges are ridiculous but I will keep prices low for members as promised. I just hope they get here before Christmas as my radio stock is low and got customers waiting because they make good prezzies.
Is it DRM only for SW or also for MW and LW ? - is it only DRM or also analogue ?
Here's the marketing speel--------Our DRM Radio is the first of domestic digital broadcast receivers duly put into operation and out into the market The Kaide digital frequency modulation radio maintains the function as analog radio, for which defects such as interference, signal decline, poor acoustics and troubles sought by broadcasting stations, etc frequently occurring in analog broadcast can be eliminated. It can also provide text information, automatic frequency switchover or program accompanied text information, facilitating simple and easy operation of radios. The DRM digital broadcast system is a non-patented digital system that is the only onein the world using long, medium and short wave broadcasts. It can use the existing frequencies and bandwidths around the world, hence the substantial improvement in analog AM broadcasts
I find that if you play it loud, the next door neighbours tend to think you and your other half are up to "something". I must be a stud 'cos I play mine thru loudspeakers aimed at their walls. [no wonder she looks at me with stars in her eyes]
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No, they're probably thinking that with what happened to you recently you're pushing your luck a bit!!
Either that, or the Mrs is trying to kill you off for the inheritance!!
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I find that if you play it loud, the next door neighbours tend to think you and your other half are up to "something". I must be a stud 'cos I play mine thru loudspeakers aimed at their walls. [no wonder she looks at me with stars in her eyes] 
